Function users::switch::set_current_uid[−][src]

pub fn set_current_uid(uid: uid_t) -> Result<()>

Sets the current user for the running process to the one with the given user ID.

Typically, trying to switch to anyone other than the user already running the process requires root privileges.

libc functions used

This function will return Err when an I/O error occurs during the setuid call.

use users::switch::set_current_uid;

set_current_uid(1001);
// current user ID is 1001